Education

Columbia University

New York, NY || MFA 2025 (Expected)

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera

Milan, Italy || BFA 2019

About

Leena Kim is a visual artist based in New York, NY. She received her BFA from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy, and is currently an MFA candidate at Columbia University. Her practice examines the fragility of the human condition in today’s society, where connections feel both instant and elusive, exploring themes of memory, time, and impermanence.

Rooted in nature, her works often incorporate elements like the ocean and lunar phases to reflect on the passage of time and the fleeting nature of existence. She follows these cycles—seeking and escaping, connecting and retreating—in digital spaces that blur the line between reality and longing. Through reflective environments that bring unspoken emotions and untold stories to life, she creates emotional landscapes that serve as both a mirror and a space for contemplation on the transient nature of contemporary life and the disconnection that defines it.

Her work has been exhibited at Wallach Gallery, ZAZ 10TS Gallery, and SK Gallery in New York, and her video works have been selected for festivals such as the Seoul International Short Film Festival and the Tokyo International Short Film Festival.